Now and Then (Spenser)
by Robert B. Parker
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Author: Robert B. ParkerEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-07
ISBN: 0425224147
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Berkley
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- ISBN13: 9780425224144
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Book Review: Spenser now & then
Summary: 2 Stars
Spenser NOW & THEN (2007) set me on a mission of detection--to compare and contrast Robert B. Parker's 1st Spenser novel with this one, his last, before he died at his desk writing still more Spenser tales (subsequently published.) It is my contention that the 1st novel is often the best an author has to offer, maybe not in writing, but in the having of something to say--the big idea rattling 'round his or her brain that is. Parker's 1st, THE GODWULF MANUSCRIPT, was published in 1973 and so there is a record of thirty-four years (he wrote 34 Spenser novels.) from first to last. Parker is an author/writer worthy of envy. He did what many writers aspire to but few accomplish--he created a character and a career and a good living for the rest of his life. Looking at Parker's book's author photos on the jackets of the books gives me the impression Spenser was a man Parker wished he was (not at all unusual for authors). He-Spencer- was fearless (on the outside). This line is uttered, in code, in both the 1st and last book. Indeed, the stories are very similar as are the hero and the villains. Spenser has calmed down some in the 2007 version and become a little less antisocial, but not much. I wrote down the characteristics of Spenser as I read NOW & THEN. I wrote: Clever, Strong, Quite, Smart, Healthy, Tough, Protective, Honest, Sentimental, Sensual, Sexual, Competitive, Confident. When the GODWULF MANUSCRIPT (a terrible title btw) took place (The early 70s and in Boston) Spenser was 37 years old (Parker was 41), a Korean War veteran, single, former cop turned PI, former heavyweight boxer, and a very violent, hard-drinking, junk food eating, apolitical, hyper-sexual, wise cracking, large athletic, observant, smart, well-read always-gets-the-girl, always-gets-his-man man. A man's man. A Clint Eastwood 'Man With No Name' type. For example: Spenser, in the span of 24hrs, screws both his employer (a 43 yr.old married socialite) & her daughter (a 20yr.old victim of all sorts of 'Things'); and insults just about everyone else, wolf's down 9 Big Macs, eats a dozen donuts, drinks gallons of coffee and several pints of bourbon, beats up boys and men, breaks laws right & left, cracks wise, sleeps little and cooks up some great meals. But there is this - if not for the heroic action of the large, unattractive, dull, wife of a weak university professor, Spencer would have been killed by a skilled outlaw hired enforcer thug. But in the end, Spenser survives a bullet wound, the case, the law, and gets still another girl who fell for his charms. Now, in NOW & THEN, it is 2005 and there are still more radical, weak, anti-government, murderous, radical professors to be dealt with. Spenser has a girlfriend, a 'shrink,' and is still in Boston. He's now (doing the math) at least 69 years old and horny as he ever was, but he keeps his lasciviousness confined to 'his' girl. He's made some friends, anti-social professional killers, who he has do most of his work. Spencer now is mostly a thinker, but still packs a mean & powerful punch (in and out of bed.) Parker now, as writer & author, doesn't bother with much of anything other than clipped and snappy dialogue between Spenser and his pals, girlfriend, bad guys, and the cops. I recommend the early Parker, if you like "Manly-men" fantasy tales. Here's to Robert B. Parker, cheers.
Summary of Now and Then (Spenser)
Investigating a case of infidelity sounds simple?until it plunges Spenser and his beloved Susan into a politically charged murder plot that?s already left three people dead.
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